   Instant of          23:08:53 TDT     JD = 1174618.46500 
Greatest Eclipse:    (=13:25:19 UT)

Gamma = 0.3041             Ephemerides  = VSOP87/ELP2000-82 
Eclipse Magnitude = 0.9340             Lunation No. = -43241 
     Eclipse Type = A                  Saros Series = 18 
                                                 ΔT = 35014.2 s

Lunar Radius   k1 = 0.272488 (Penumbra)        Shift in      Δb =  0.00"
 Constants:    k2 = 0.272281 (Umbra)       Lunar Position:   Δl =  0.00"


Polynomial Besselian Elements for:   -1497 Dec 06   23.000 TDT  (=t0)

  n        x          y         d          l1         l2          μ

  0   0.0184360  0.3129030 -20.9780292  0.5700740  0.0238170 166.616669 
  1   0.4904869 -0.1540278 -0.0082130 -0.0000843 -0.0000838  14.997780 
  2   0.0000533  0.0001171  0.0000060 -0.0000103 -0.0000102   0.000000 
  3  -0.0000057  0.0000020  0.0000000  0.0000000  0.0000000   0.000000
  
                tan f1 = 0.0047578        tan f2 = 0.0047341 

At time t1 (decimal hours), each Besselian element is evaluated by:

a = a0 + a1*t + a2*t2 + a3*t3  

where: a = x, y, d, l1, l2, or μ; t = t1 - t0 (decimal hours), and t0 =  23.000 TDT.


Circumstances at Greatest Eclipse:  13:25:19 UT

Latitude:    4.1° S      Sun’s Altitude:    72.3°          Path Width = 257.5 km
Longitude:  17.3° W      Sun’s Azimuth:    196.3°    Central Duration = 08m30s 
